The author states in the preface of Volume I: "I concentrate on all southern partisan leaders I could identify and many of the Rebel recruiters, and I detail their methods, tactics, and incentives to present...

Bands of guerrilla fighters roamed throughout the state of Missouri during the Civil War, resulting in violence that "tended to hyper-local and hyper-personal." This article uses four individual stories...

Photos, illustrated maps, and article about the Baxter Springs Massacre, a Civil War battle of October 6, 1863 in the southeast corner of Kansas. Description of the attack by William Quantrill's Confederate...

Charcoal portrait of James (Jim) Cummins (sometimes spelled Cummings) in suit coat and checked (?) shirt. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right...

Charcoal portrait of Jesse Hamlett (sometimes spelled Hamlet) in suit coat, vest, tie, and hat. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner,...

Charcoal portrait of Jesse James dressed in suit coat, shirt, and cravat. The drawing is signed by the artist. Below the signature is "Jesse James" written in different handwriting and black ink. It also...

Charcoal portrait of Jesse James dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, tie, and hat. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Frank James" is...

Lithograph drawing of Jesse James in suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist. Below the signature is written "'Gentleman of Missouri' Jesse James -- at twenty eight years of age NEBRASKA...

Appendix I of this book is "A Jesse James time line, including princiipal crimes attributed to the James-Younger Gang." It begins with December 28, 1841, when Robert James and Zerelda Cole, parents of...

Charcoal portrait of deceased Jesse James with beard, dressed in shirt and cravat. The drawing is signed by the artist. Next to the signature is "Jesse James" written in different handwriting and black...

Charcoal portrait of John Jarrette dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. The drawing is signed by the artist. In the lower right hand corner is "John Jarrette" written in different handwriting and...

Charcoal portrait of John McCorkle in suit coat, shirt, tie, and hat. The drawing is not signed but attributed to Anna Lee (Dillenbeck) Stacey. It appears that a small portion is missing at the bottom...

Photo and description of John Noland, a black member of William Quantrill's guerrillas in the Civil War as Quantrill's hostler, or horse assistant, living in Independence and at the Jackson County Home...

Charcoal portrait of John Thrailkill in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. The drawing is unsigned but attributed to Anna Lee (Dillenbeck) Stacey. Written in the lower right corner in black ink is "John...